As it stated in However, this “sloppy” baseball is nothing new to spring training baseball. So these guys appearing in Sunday’s major league spring training game played mostly low-A baseball in 2016. Mar 2, 2017; Sarasota, FL, USA; Minnesota Twins right fielder Max Kepler (26), first baseman Kennys Vargas (19) and teammates workout prior to their spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium. This has led to a lot of minor league players who weren’t originally part of that over-emphasized “non-roster invitee” list that began spring training joining in major league camps right now. For a prospect hound like me, this is awesome stuff as it’s a chance to see a prospect like Ronald Acuna face off against legitimate major league pitchers that are still in camp or a prospect like Weigel face off against a major league hitter.

as mentioned in USA TODAY SportsBuster Posey is among a group of All-Stars representing Team USA at the World Baseball Classic for the first time. They deserve to represent their country.’’Felix Hernandez was eager to represent Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic after personal issues kept him from doing so in 2013. CLOSE Skip in Skip x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sport’s Bob Nightengale breaks down the teams to watch at this year’s World Baseball Classic. Not only will Team USA field a solid rotation with the likes of Chris Archer, Tanner Roark, Danny Duffy and Marcus Stroman, but its lineup is stacked. When the World Baseball Classic comes around every four years – this edition began Monday morning with Israel and South Korea squaring off in Seoul – the top American starting pitchers tend to stay in camp instead of joining Team USA.

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MLB Network reporter is World Baseball Classic’s biggest fan

Four years later, Morosi works for MLB Network and MLB.com, where he’s become the World Baseball Classic’s most tireless advocate. “His obsession with the World Baseball Classic borders on, like, something that he should be treated for,” Vasgersian says. The first three World Baseball Classics (held in 2006, 2009 and 2013) were met with fierce enthusiasm in many baseball-playing countries around the world and something approaching apathy in the United States. For weeks, his Twitter feed has been dominated by WBC news, while MLB Network has devoted segments to “J.P. “He was wearing us out with World Baseball Classic minutiae as early as 2015.